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savannah, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. there is a vigorous debate raging within the administration over whether to arm the opposition. that's one reason cia operatives are on the ground, to learn more about these rebels and where their allegiances lie. meanwhile, on capitol hill, the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs were grilled today by lawmakers. some hammered the administration for not simply taking out gadhafi. others said the u.s. had handed over command at the very moment the rebels needed help the most. and as for this issue of arming the opposition, u.s. officials say it's not as easy as it sounds. it's not a matter of just air dropping weapons in. you'd have to train them. you'd need some sort of staging area to train those rebels and that comes very close to the president's bright line of no u.s. ground troops in libya, something the defense secretary echoed today. >> do you know if there's any time in the future that there are going to be boots on the ground in libya? >> not as long as i'm in t
savannah, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. there is a vigorous debate raging within the administration over whether to arm the opposition. that's one reason cia operatives are on the ground, to learn more about these rebels and where their allegiances lie. meanwhile, on capitol hill, the defense secretary and chairman of the joint chiefs were grilled today by lawmakers. some hammered the administration for not simply taking out gadhafi. others said the u.s. had handed over...
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savannah guthrie on the job on this friday night has that story. savannah, good evening. >> the president's spokesman said the president is not embarrassed. there's nothing on the recordings he wouldn't say publicly but for a that want so carefully measures his words, provided some revealing moments. the candidate president back from a triple-header of campaign fundraisers last night in chicago. >> that's what this campaign is about. >> reporter: taking questions at a private fundraiser, the president was caught on a microphone he didn't know was recording talking about last week's budget negotiations with republicans. >> i said, you want to repeal health care? go at it. we'll have that debate. you're not going to be able to do that by nickel and diming me in the budget. you think we're stupid. >> reporter: the president aimed fire at congressman paul ryan whose 2012's budget the president ripped on wednesday. >> this the guy that voted for two wars that were unpaid for, the bush tax cuts that were unpaid for. >> on capitol hill, ryan's budget plan
savannah guthrie on the job on this friday night has that story. savannah, good evening. >> the president's spokesman said the president is not embarrassed. there's nothing on the recordings he wouldn't say publicly but for a that want so carefully measures his words, provided some revealing moments. the candidate president back from a triple-header of campaign fundraisers last night in chicago. >> that's what this campaign is about. >> reporter: taking questions at a private...
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white house correspondent savannah guthrie starts us off tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the president's personal lawyer had to get a special legal exception from hawaii to get the document and then travel physically to hawaii to retrieve it. aides say this is a side show and a fake controversy, but this was kind of creeping into the mainstream. today, the president decided enough was enough. >> yet, this thing keeps on
white house correspondent savannah guthrie starts us off tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. the president's personal lawyer had to get a special legal exception from hawaii to get the document and then travel physically to hawaii to retrieve it. aides say this is a side show and a fake controversy, but this was kind of creeping into the mainstream. today, the president decided enough was enough. >> yet, this thing keeps on
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back to matt, savannah and al. everybody is talking about mcilroy's meltdown. >> the pressure gets to them in the final round. >> he melted? >> he's in a puddle. he said, take me back to ireland. >> oh, my gosh. i wish i had watched. >> he's only 21 years old. tough for him. you have a busy morning weatherwise. >> i do. as we mentioned ahead of the cold front that will cause trouble look at the temperatures. 85 in raleigh. washington, the same. newark, 82. atlanta, 84. records possible. go behind the system and temperatures are much chillier. highs only getting up to 58 in minneapolis. fargo, 56. chicago, 58 degrees. >>> good morning to you. it's a little bit on the chilly side. you will need a jacket. we are going to see a nice monday. 45 in nava toe and 45 in san jose. we are going to round out the day in the 60s. 65 for santa rosa. 62 degrees for napa and con tord. torp is better. rain arrives wednesday and will clear up quickly. 65 degrees. clear on thursday. >>> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, tha
back to matt, savannah and al. everybody is talking about mcilroy's meltdown. >> the pressure gets to them in the final round. >> he melted? >> he's in a puddle. he said, take me back to ireland. >> oh, my gosh. i wish i had watched. >> he's only 21 years old. tough for him. you have a busy morning weatherwise. >> i do. as we mentioned ahead of the cold front that will cause trouble look at the temperatures. 85 in raleigh. washington, the same. newark, 82....
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nbc news white house correspondent savannah guthrie is with us tonight from the white house. savannah, the shouting had just stopped about one issue which i assume will be cleared up before the next one started. >> and this fight, brian, promises to be even tougher. the stakes are even higher, as you mentioned. in a few weeks, the u.s. will reach its debt limit. that's the maximum amount the u.s. can borrow. congress will have to raise the debt ceiling. if it doesn't, the u.s. would default on its obligations. the economy would spiral downward. some say we would hit a recession again. this year, republicans are saying they're not going to vote to raise the debt ceiling unless there are major cuts with it. but they're saying it's wrong to use those cuts as political leverage. >> the consequence of not raising the debt ceiling would be like armageddon. it would be devastating. on job creation, on growth. >> as the administration makes the argument, it has one political problem, back in 2006, then-senator barack obama voted against raising the debt ceiling. that's a vote his spo
nbc news white house correspondent savannah guthrie is with us tonight from the white house. savannah, the shouting had just stopped about one issue which i assume will be cleared up before the next one started. >> and this fight, brian, promises to be even tougher. the stakes are even higher, as you mentioned. in a few weeks, the u.s. will reach its debt limit. that's the maximum amount the u.s. can borrow. congress will have to raise the debt ceiling. if it doesn't, the u.s. would...
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savannah guthrie with us on how the president plans on chipping away at it. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, make no mistake, this was a policy speech, but one with sharp political tones. he spent nearly as much time ripping the republican's leading plan as he did talking about his own. but on one thing the parties did agree, the nation's debt is out of control. the president laid out his proposal to get the fiscal house in order. >> any serious plan to tackle the deficit will require us to put everything on the table and take on excess spending wherever it exists in the budget. >> the president set a goal of reducing the nation's $14.2 trillion debt by $4 trillion over the next 12 years less than his fiscal commission had recommended. three quarters of the savings would come from spending cuts, the rest from tax revenues and raising taxes on wealthier americans and reforming the tax codes to close popular loopholes. he called for a $770 billion reduction in discretionary spending over 12 years. $400 billion in defense spending and another $480 billio
savannah guthrie with us on how the president plans on chipping away at it. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, make no mistake, this was a policy speech, but one with sharp political tones. he spent nearly as much time ripping the republican's leading plan as he did talking about his own. but on one thing the parties did agree, the nation's debt is out of control. the president laid out his proposal to get the fiscal house in order. >> any serious plan to tackle the deficit...
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back to you, savannah. >> been there. mike taibbi in chicago this morning, thank you. >>> senator john mccain has arrived in the rebel stronghold of benghazi, libya. mccain was an early supporter of military intervention there. he meets today with leaders of the opposition who he has referred to as his heroes. >>> republican senator john ensign of nevada officially resigns today amid an ongoing ethics probe into his extra marital affair with a former staffer. the senate ethics committee has been investigating the issue for the past year and a half. ensign insists he has done nothing wrong. >>> investigators have released new security camera images of the man wanted for questioning in an attempted bombing at a suburban denver mall. it happened on the 12th anniversary of the shooting rampage at nearby columbine high school. police are investigating whether the incident was deliberately planned to coincide with that anniversary. >>> firefighters in west texas say two huge fires covering about 360,000 acres are both 75% conta
back to you, savannah. >> been there. mike taibbi in chicago this morning, thank you. >>> senator john mccain has arrived in the rebel stronghold of benghazi, libya. mccain was an early supporter of military intervention there. he meets today with leaders of the opposition who he has referred to as his heroes. >>> republican senator john ensign of nevada officially resigns today amid an ongoing ethics probe into his extra marital affair with a former staffer. the senate...
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back to you. >> savannah guthrie from the white house. thanks. >>> the other big news in washington today, a national security shake-up that will see one veteran official switching jobs and a military leader taking on a big civilian post, and they're all big names, and it comes on a day when nine americans were killed in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent jim mcluchefsky has the story. >> reporter: cia director leon panetta showed up today as the pentagon where he's expected to take charge on july 1st. in the major shift on the national security team, the president tapped pennetta for defense secretary to replace retiring robert gates. two years ago, with no background in intelligence, he took over as cia in trouble for aggressive interrogations and detention of terrorist suspects. as a former democratic congressman and clinton white house chief of staff, pennetta used his political skills to convince lawmakers to back off threats for congressional investigations. >> we're in a period where we're facing an increasingly dangerous worl
back to you. >> savannah guthrie from the white house. thanks. >>> the other big news in washington today, a national security shake-up that will see one veteran official switching jobs and a military leader taking on a big civilian post, and they're all big names, and it comes on a day when nine americans were killed in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent jim mcluchefsky has the story. >> reporter: cia director leon panetta showed up today as the pentagon where he's...
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savannah, thank you very much. it's 7 after the hour. meredith? >> the new nbc wall street news poll shows a surprising surge for one republican canned dated, and it is a name you will recognize. donald trump is in a tie for second along with mike huckabee and mitt romney. mitt romney leads. on monday we sat down with him for an exclusive interview, and i began by asking trump about his potential run. >> this is very serious. i always take things seriously, but i've never taken it seriously like this. this is a very serious time in my life. i hate what's happening to the country. i wish i didn't have to do it. i wish this country was running so great, and i wish obama was the greatest president since abraham lincoln, and i wish this was the greatest place in the world. what we're doing is unbelievable. if you look at what's going on where our jobs are disappearing to foreign countries, where the oil -- you're going to be paying 7 or $8 a gallon for your oil very soon. >> do you blame all of this on barack obama? >> i blame all of it. it's been a t
savannah, thank you very much. it's 7 after the hour. meredith? >> the new nbc wall street news poll shows a surprising surge for one republican canned dated, and it is a name you will recognize. donald trump is in a tie for second along with mike huckabee and mitt romney. mitt romney leads. on monday we sat down with him for an exclusive interview, and i began by asking trump about his potential run. >> this is very serious. i always take things seriously, but i've never taken it...
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. >> reporter: dj, and savannah love games like rally ball and river rafting, but what if they could use their bodies to virtually touch animated figures? a company called thrix.com created this demo of a sex simulator game. their website boasts it's a hack to use the controller for their sex games. a hack is a game not authorized by xbox but you can find it on the internet, download and after a few steps play it through the connect. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: you've never seen a game like that? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: the gonzaleses never even imagined that a connect game could involve sex scenes, but they make a point already of monitoring what their kids are playing. >> for the most part they play it here in the living room, so i'm basically always in the kitchen, so i'm always looking at whatever they're playing and they're not -- they don't have a hold of a game they're not al w allowed to play with. >> reporter: microsoft is the company behind the xbox connect, saying, xbox is a family-friendly games and entertainment console and does not allow adults-only content to b
. >> reporter: dj, and savannah love games like rally ball and river rafting, but what if they could use their bodies to virtually touch animated figures? a company called thrix.com created this demo of a sex simulator game. their website boasts it's a hack to use the controller for their sex games. a hack is a game not authorized by xbox but you can find it on the internet, download and after a few steps play it through the connect. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: you've never...
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nbc news us who correspondent savannah guthrie has more. >> reporter: the president came back from a triple-header of campaign fundraisers in chicago. >> that's what this campaign is about. >> reporter: taking questions at private fundraiser thursday night, the president caught on a private microphone he did not know was recording talking about last week's budget negotiations with republicans. >> i said you want to repeal health care, go at it. we'll have that debate. you won't be able to do that by nickel and diming me in the budget. do you think we're stupid. >> reporter: the president aimed fire at republican congressman paul ryan, whose 2012 budget proposal the president ripped on wednesday. >> this is the same guy who voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the bush tax cuts that were unpaid for. >> reporter: on capitol hill, house republicans passed ryan's budget plan. it cuts $6 trillion from the deficit over the next decade in part by raising the eligibility age of future medicare recipients. the budget likely won't pass the democrat-controlled senate, but the repu
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a big welcome to david savannah joining us this morning. thanks a lot. thanks for joining us this morning. "today" show is coming up.
a big welcome to david savannah joining us this morning. thanks a lot. thanks for joining us this morning. "today" show is coming up.
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. >> savannah. >> savannah. >> the queen just had her 85th birthday recently. prince philip will be 90 in june. >> she undertook 387 state duties last year. prince philip 308. >> it's difficult to exaggerate the depth and breadth of love for the royals. >> back to ann outside westminster abbey. ann? >> this might be the car carrying carole middleton. the mother of kate middleton. we'll see. and, i think that might be her. in fact, it is, indeed, her. i believe also in the car is her son, kate's james. who is now walking with his mother. toward the main entrance of the church. and you can see the two red guards standing there to greet them. as they have standing at attention. and also coming up, after them, is another bus full of people. this might be a bus of members of the royal family. we understand there were some arriving by bus, you guys. >> james is, what, 24 years old? he's had an up and down time with the press over the years. andrew points to camilla. >> it was rather unfortunate that james happened to be caught out a couple of times by the paparazzi.
. >> savannah. >> savannah. >> the queen just had her 85th birthday recently. prince philip will be 90 in june. >> she undertook 387 state duties last year. prince philip 308. >> it's difficult to exaggerate the depth and breadth of love for the royals. >> back to ann outside westminster abbey. ann? >> this might be the car carrying carole middleton. the mother of kate middleton. we'll see. and, i think that might be her. in fact, it is, indeed, her. i...
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savannah guthrie sat down with him this week and asked about his views on abortion and was specifically asking about the roe v. wade decision and the right to privacy, and the exchange was telling and may be a problem for him among social conservatives. watch. >> is there a right to privacy in the constitution? >> i guess there is. i guess there is. >> so -- >> why, just out of curiosity, why do you ask that question? >> i'm wondering how that squares with your pro-life views? >> well, it's a pretty strange way of getting to pro-life. it's a very unique way of asking of pro-life. what does that have to do with privacy? how are you equating pro-life with privacy? >> well, you know about the roe v. wade decision. >> yes, yeah, sure. look, i am for pro-life -- i am pro-life. i've said it. i've been there way for a fairly extended period of time right now. >> look, the issue is social conservatives, he's got to begin to attract values voters if he's going to make any headway in republican primaries. does that kind of answer hurt him? >> well, that answers like i can see roe v. wade from my
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we'll go to nbc's savannah guthrie at the white house for us. good morning. >> good morning, meredith. we are hours away from a shutdown. there is a good chance that's how it ends today. white house officials were optimistic behind the scenes. one said to me, we are close. staffers worked until 3:00 a.m. and republicans say the numbers just aren't there. today is washington's last day to make a deal. after another late-night meeting with congressional leaders at the white house produced no breakthrough. >> there are still a few issues that are outstanding. they're difficult issues. they're important to both sides. so i'm not yet prepared to express wild optimism. >> reporter: with aids now saying a deal is within reach, staffers worked again through the night to resolve the outstanding issuings. the two sides are close on the amount of spending cuts, likely to be between $34 billion and $37 billion. the parties are still sparring not about money but over so-called riders to the budget bill, policy provisions the republicans want like a measure t
we'll go to nbc's savannah guthrie at the white house for us. good morning. >> good morning, meredith. we are hours away from a shutdown. there is a good chance that's how it ends today. white house officials were optimistic behind the scenes. one said to me, we are close. staffers worked until 3:00 a.m. and republicans say the numbers just aren't there. today is washington's last day to make a deal. after another late-night meeting with congressional leaders at the white house produced...
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if not the economy would head into a recession worse than the last one. >> savannah, thank you. cake bakers and dress makers aren't the only ones preparing for the wedding. the boys ages 12-13 of the choir are not supposed to tell any of the songs they will perform. >> probably tell you about the dress. >> now, back to nat, natalie and al. >> we have a busy morning and unfortunately another busy one tomorrow setting up for another outbreak of severe weather, as we show you, looking at a severe weather pressure system coming out of canada and the rocky, ahead, we have low level jetstream, moisture and we have a risk from texarkana, texas, to cleveland, ohio and west pennsylvania but the biggest there's is central arkansas to louisiana and ndianapolis, evansville may see tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds. the rest of the country, sunshine in the east, looking at pretty decent weather and sunny skies back to the pacific northwest and windy conditions to the southwest and record highs throughout much of >>> good back to work monday to youchlt we have a little bit of lingering
if not the economy would head into a recession worse than the last one. >> savannah, thank you. cake bakers and dress makers aren't the only ones preparing for the wedding. the boys ages 12-13 of the choir are not supposed to tell any of the songs they will perform. >> probably tell you about the dress. >> now, back to nat, natalie and al. >> we have a busy morning and unfortunately another busy one tomorrow setting up for another outbreak of severe weather, as we show...
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nbc's white house correspondent savannah guthrie has the details on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. not a surprise as you and ann said. the president has been reorganizing for months now, na not a surprise as you and ann said. the president has been reorganizing for months now, setting the stage for a campaign that will be headquartered in chicago, not here in washington, d.c. still this morning he made it official. the president lais re-election campaign early monday morning with this web video. >> here it is, 2012, the election. >> contentious and frustrating and messy as our democracy can sometimes be. i know there isn't a person here who would trade places with any other nation on earth. >> reporter: the president is already planning fundraising trips this month to chicago, los angeles, san francisco and new york, while the republican race is still off to a slower start. >> we're not yet running. we're looking at it carefully. >> i'm not going to make a decision until the end of april. >> i don't think there needs to be a rus
nbc's white house correspondent savannah guthrie has the details on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. not a surprise as you and ann said. the president has been reorganizing for months now, na not a surprise as you and ann said. the president has been reorganizing for months now, setting the stage for a campaign that will be headquartered in chicago, not here in washington, d.c. still this morning he made it official. the president lais re-election campaign early...
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savannah guthrie has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning white house aids are telling me this could go either way. there were late-night meetings on capitol hill. but there were no major developments to come out of this. but the threat of a government shutdown is very real. >> all right. hello, everybody. >> reporter: a government shutdown now potentially days away, the president is venting frustration over the failure to reach a deal. >> we don't have time for games. we don't have time for trying to score political points or maneuvering or positioning, not on this. >> reporter: after a closed-door meeting with congressional leaders at the white house produced no breakthroughs, it was back-to-back duelling news conferences. >> we want the largest spending cuts that are possible. we are going to continue to fight for those. >> i hope the republicans do what the country needs, not what they believe the tea party wants. >> reporter: republicans want $61 billion in cuts. democrats have agreed to $33 billion. and the two sides disag
savannah guthrie has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning white house aids are telling me this could go either way. there were late-night meetings on capitol hill. but there were no major developments to come out of this. but the threat of a government shutdown is very real. >> all right. hello, everybody. >> reporter: a government shutdown now potentially days away, the president is venting frustration over the failure to reach a deal. >> we...
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good morning to you, savannah. >> reporter: good morning. one aid said this morning this is a decisive moment. the president plans on telling congressional leaders, get this done. meanwhile the administration is already telling federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown. republicans and democrats have already agreed to a top line number for spending cuts and there is no reason other than politics the two sides can't get a deal. the president today will summon congressional leaders to the white house in a final hour push to get a budget deal. at an event in new hampshire the vice president said the stakes are high. >> it's important we avoid a shutdown not for political reasons. just for pure substantive reasons for keeping this economy moving. >> reporter: but on chile but on capitol hill the public sparring hit a fever pitch. >> republicans refuse to recognize that their budget is an appalling proposal. >> there are a lot of folks, including senator reid, that would like to shut the government down. i think their plan is to shut the governm
good morning to you, savannah. >> reporter: good morning. one aid said this morning this is a decisive moment. the president plans on telling congressional leaders, get this done. meanwhile the administration is already telling federal agencies to prepare for a shutdown. republicans and democrats have already agreed to a top line number for spending cuts and there is no reason other than politics the two sides can't get a deal. the president today will summon congressional leaders to the...
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times, and son peter and his canadian wife just gave the queen her first great grandchild, little baby savannah, and then there's prince edward, a would-be tv producer. the queen's only child still in his first marriage to the beautiful countess of wessex, who, like kate, was once a commoner. their 7-year-old daughter will be one of kate's bridesmaids. as the queen prepares to enter buckingham palace, this time as a member of the unique windsor family. >> for now the royal family has to worry about getting will and kate a wedding gift. i'm assuming flat ware is not going to cut it. the gift for dignitaries is, get this, a signed photo of herself and prince phillip. meredith, if you are really high on the list, it comes in a silver frame. if you are lower down, it comes in leather. i fear if i got one, it would likely be in plastic. >> that's like a napkin as a gift. a picture. exactly. i'm teasing. meanwhile, talking about pictures, we're learning about the thousands of pictures taken by ian kellam-turner just discovered in his agent's old office putting 5-month-old william there. what do you k
times, and son peter and his canadian wife just gave the queen her first great grandchild, little baby savannah, and then there's prince edward, a would-be tv producer. the queen's only child still in his first marriage to the beautiful countess of wessex, who, like kate, was once a commoner. their 7-year-old daughter will be one of kate's bridesmaids. as the queen prepares to enter buckingham palace, this time as a member of the unique windsor family. >> for now the royal family has to...
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savannah guthrie has details on that. >> reporter: good morning. trump has been enjoying high poll numbers and a lot of attention. as he continues this presidential run, he's also getting more scrutiny. >> i really do believe in myself. >> reporter: seemingly everywhere, donald trump is selling himself as a successful businessman. in an interview tuesday with nbc's michael isacof, bristled at the suggestion his success is based solely at being a good pitchman. >> i do sort of rake at the fact i do a fantastic job. just almost always it works out really well and everybody says, gee, what a great salesman he is. it's this, not my salesmanship. >> it's what? >> this. you know what that is? the brainpower. >> steve forbes stated i was one of the greatest entrepreneurs in the history of free trade. >> reporter: trump is a sudden sensation for a segment of the republican party zooming to the top of several early presidential polls. trump may be filling a vacuum left by that other headline grabbing presidential candidate, sarah palin. >> do i have respect
savannah guthrie has details on that. >> reporter: good morning. trump has been enjoying high poll numbers and a lot of attention. as he continues this presidential run, he's also getting more scrutiny. >> i really do believe in myself. >> reporter: seemingly everywhere, donald trump is selling himself as a successful businessman. in an interview tuesday with nbc's michael isacof, bristled at the suggestion his success is based solely at being a good pitchman. >> i do...